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Job Description
Assist surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, insertion of tubes and intravenous lines, or closure of surgical wounds. Perform preoperative and postoperative duties to facilitate patient care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Assistants
- Surgical Technician (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Surgical First Assistant
- Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA)
- Gastrointestinal Technician (GI Technician)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)
- Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA)
- Certified First Assistant (CFA)
- Surgical Assistant-Certified (SA-C)
- Surgical Assistant
- Surgery Technician
- Operating Room Technician
- Operating Room Assistant
- First Assistant
- Assistant-at-Surgery
Tasks for “Surgical Services Assistant”
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Angiocaths
- Surgical razors
- Pagers
- Cell savers
- Urinary catheters
- Powered surgical drills
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Cauterizing equipment
- Intravenous IV sets
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Wound drains
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Anesthesia carts
- Body stabilizers
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Hypothermia units
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Head stabilizers
- Specimen collection containers
- Argon beam coagulators
- Telethermometers
- Suture kits
- Eye lasers
- Eye magnets
- Surgical robots
- Nerve stimulators
- Fluid warmers
- Patient positioning devices
- Personal computers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Desktop computers
- C-arm tables
- Surgical clamps
- Laptop computers
- Flash sterilizers
- Blood warming equipment
- Surgical gloves
- Cast cutting saws
- Surgical scalpels
- Suction machines
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Surgical retractors
- Vascular clamps
- Surgical trocars
- Laparoscopes
- Surgical fracture tables
- Medical image processing printers
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Surgical dermatomes
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Sterile gowns
- Surgical protective goggles
- Patient transport stretchers
- Surgical masks
- Sterile drapes
- Mayo stands
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Medical staple kits
- Heart pacemakers
- Hemostat clamps
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- MEDITECH software
- Patient scheduling software
- Patient tracking software
- Microsoft Excel
- Nursing documentation software
- Supply documentation software